Safety razor



Sept. 14, 1937. T. TURNER I I 2,

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2 v 73 5 p E \LE Invcnlor Q's aye farmer Patented Sept. 14, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT O 9 Claims.

My invention relates generally to safety razors, and particularly to a safety razor in which the cutting plane of the blade may be arranged in longitudinal extension of the plane or parallel to the plane of the handle, or approximately at right angles to the plane of the handle, according to the preference of the user, and an important object of my invention is to provide a razor of the character indicated having a blade holder which by reason of its formation and manner of connection to the handle is suitable for either four-edged blades or double edged blades.

An important object of my invention is to provide a razor of the type indicated above which is simple and inexpensive in construction, easily adjusted and manipulated, and incapable of getting out of order except through breakage.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from a reading of the following description in connection with the drawings, wherein for purposes of illustration I have shown preferred embodiments of my invention.

In the drawings:-

Figure l is a top plan view of an embodiment having a blade holder equipped to hold a fouredged blade.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken through Figure 2 approximately on the line 3-3 and looking toward the right in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the four-edged blade.

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of this embodiment showing the blade holder arranged on the handle as in a hoe-type safety razor.

Figure 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view through Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the blade guard.

Figure Sis a plan view of the bottom of the cap.

Figure 9 is a plan view of a double edged blade.

Figure 10 is a guard for the double edged blade.

Figure 11 is the cap for the double edged blade.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 refers generally to the handle of the razor which handle comprises a rectangular portion 5 having near one end the reduced part I and provided at its opposite end with a shoulder 8 from which longitudinally extends the reduced squared portion 9 which at its extremity has a further reduced portion Ill which is threaded as indicated at II. The handle is composed of two half-sections pivoted together by a rivet or bolt 8 so that when closed together the half-sections are in superposed relation and resist being forced apart in a direction parallel to the axis of the pivot 8'.

Adapted for use with this handle 5 is a fouredged blade head generally designated I3 and/or the double-edged blade head I4.

The four-edged blade head I3 comprises the (or. 30-53) V guard generally designated I5 which is square as shown in Figure 7 and provided for the greater" part of the length of its side edges with notches It in a manner well known in the art. The'guard plate I5 has a central hole "to pass the reduced portion ll] of the handle 5 when the handle is attached to the blade holder in hoe-handle fash-' ion as shown in Figures 5 and 8. .Radially spaced from the opening I1 and extending parallel to the I side edges and at right angles from the underside of the plate I5 are slots I8, I9, '20" and 2| which accommodate the loops I8, I9, 20, 2I which' depend from the bottom of the cap 24 at such adistance that when the handle is placed through two diametrically opposite loops as shown in Fig ures 2 and 3, the flat side of the reduced portion 3' will frictionally engage the underside'of the platen I5, and the half-sections of the part 8 will grip the bight portions of the engaged loops,-and the shoulder 8 will engage the adjacent edge of the plate I5 as indicated in Figure 2. By'this arran'gement the cutting plane of the blade wl'iich I is generally designated 22 will be in extensionfof' or parallel to the plane of the handle 5: It 'is obvious that by withdrawing thehandle ii from the head I3'and replacing the part 910i the handle in engagement with the two remaining diametrically opposed loops I9, 2|, instead of the loops I8 and 20 which are shown in Figure 2, two

opposite and different edges of the four-edged blade 22 will be placed in shaving position. Thus, simply by pulling the head from the handle and reinserting the handle in the other loops two diiferent opposed shaving edges may be availedof.

When it is desired to attach the handle to the head I3 in hoe-handle fashion, the threaded por-' tion II is passed through the opening I'I in the guard plate I5 and engaged in the threaded opening 23 in the cap 24 which has itsunderside slight ly concaved as indicated at 25 to properly hold the blade 22 on the convex upper side of the plate I5 as shown in Figures 3 and 6. The loops I8, 20,

and I9, 2I,.respectively, pass through the corresponding slots I8, 20' and I9','2'I', respectively of the guard plate I5 so as to accurately position the cap and the blade and the guard I5, the blade 22 being provided with corresponding slots I8a, 20a and I 9a and 2Ia, respectively, and the central opening 21. I

The double-edged blade head generally desig-"" nated I4 in Figure 6 comprises a guard 28 which and is ofcgenerally elongated form to conform;

ably receive the blade 30 which. is held in place 1 has the slotted opposite edges as indicated at 29';

a the threaded portion II in the threaded hole I4 in the cap 3|; or the squared part 9 of the handle is pushed through the loops 32, 33 to connect the head. l4 to the handle in much the same manner as indicated in Figure 2 in connection with the four-edged blade holder.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of my inventiomit is to be definitely understood that I do not desire to limit the application of the invention thereto, and any change or changes may be made in materials and in structure and arrangement of parts, within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the subjoined claims.

If desired, the lower section of the handle appearing in Figure 2 of the drawings may be swung on the pivot 8 relative to the upper section of the handle to a position similar to that given the handle of a straight or duplex razor relative to the blade part while shaving therewith.

What is claimed is:-

1. A safety razor of the character described comprising a cap having members extending therefrom, a razor blade, a guard, said members traversing the blade and the guard and extending outwardly from one side of the guard, and a handle having a first part insertable between certain of said members and the said side of the guard for connecting the handle thereto, said handle including a second part engaged with the outer side of said members opposite said first part.

2. A safety razor of the character described comprising a cap, a blade, and a guard, and a handle having a split extremity providing a pair of relatively movable sections each including a threaded portion,,said extremity traversing said guard and said blade and said threaded portions being engaged in a threaded opening in said cap, said cap having bails traversing the blade and the guard for aligning the cap, the blade, and the guard with respect to each other.

3. Asafety razor of the character described including a four-edged blade, a guard engaging one side of the blade, a cap engaging the opposite side of the blade, said cap having bails traversing the blade and the guard, said bails being arranged in diametrically opposite pairs, and a handle selec tively inserted between portions of a pair of bails and one side of the guard for connecting the handle so as to position said blade in a plane substantially parallel with the axis of the handle.

4. A safety razor comprising a head composed of a guard, a blade resting on the guard, a' cap lying on and holding said blade in place on the guard, said cap having at least two loops traversing said blade and said guard and projecting from the outer side of the guard, and a handle having a first part slidably inserted through a pair of said loops so as to be frictionally engaged with said outer side of the guard and with the inner sides of the loop so as to hold said cap, said blade, and said guard in assembled condition, said handle further including a second part slidably engaged with the outer side of the loops.

5. A safety razor comprising a head composed of a guard, a blade resting on the guard, a cap lying on and holding said blade in place on the guard, said cap having at least two loops traversing said blade and said guard and projecting from the outer side of the guard, and a handle having a first part slidably inserted through a pair of said loops so as to be frictionally engaged with said outer side of the guard and with the inner sides of the loops so as to hold said cap, said blade, and said guard in assembled condition, said handle further including a second part pivotally connected to the said first part and arranged to be moved relative to said first part so as to frictionally engage the outer sides of said loops in opposition to said first part.

6. A safety razor comprising a head composed of a guard, a blade resting on the guard, a cap lying on and holding said blade in place on the guard, said cap having loops traversing said blade and said guard and projecting from the outer side of the guard, and a handle'having a part slidably insertable through a pair of said loops so as to be frictionally engaged with said outer side of the guard and hold said cap, said blade, and said guard in assembled condition, said part of the handle being composed of a pair of longitudinally divided sections, one of which is arranged to pass through said loops and engage said outer side of the guard while the remaining section frictionally engages the outer side of said loops, said sections being pivotally connected, the pivotal connection of said sections lying outwardly of the head of the razor and permitting laterally swinging said remaining section out of and into operative engagement with said outer side of said loops in cooperative relation with said one section.

'7. A safety razor comprising a head composed of a guard, a blade lying on said guard, a cap lying on said blade and holding the same in place, and

a handle having a threaded part traversing said guard and said blade and engaged with a threaded opening provided in said cap, said cap having more than two bails traversing relatively long transverse slots formed in said blade and said guard and projecting from the outer side of said guard, said bails and long slots facilitating assembling and aligning of the cap, blade and guard.

8. A safety razor comprising a head composed of a guard, a blade lying on said guard, a cap lying on said blade and holding the same in place, and a handle having a threaded part traversing said guard and said blade and engaged with a threaded opening provided in said cap, said cap having means traversing said blade and said guard for aligning the cap, blade and guard, said threaded part of the handle being composed of a pair of longitudinally divided sections arranged to compress toward each other when the handle is threaded in place.

9. A safety razor comprising a head composed of a guard, a blade lying on said guard, a cap lying on said blade and holding the same in place, and a handle having a threaded part traversing said guard and said blade and engaged with a threaded opening provided in said cap, said cap having means traversing said blade and said guard for aligning the cap, blade and guard, said threaded part of the handle being composed of a pair of longitudinally divided sections connected together at their axially outward ends only, the inner ends of said sections being compressed toward each other when threaded in place.

GEORGE T. TURNER. 

